1968-11-05-State-Election-Warrant

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-3- The same procedure will also apply to a Lieutenant Governor who in the case of a vacancy is performing the Governor' s duties. The proposed amendment also requires the election of a Governor for the unexpired balance of the four-year term' if a vacancy in the office of Governor as described in the proposed amendment continues for a six-month period expir- ing more than five months prior to a biennial state elec- tion other than an election for Governor. QUESTION NO. LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION Do you approve of a law summarized below, upon which the House of Representatives did not vote and upon which Yes the Senate did not vote? No SIThThIARY The proposed law provides that the official ballot in the biennial State election for the year 1970 shall con- tain a question asking the voters whether there shall be a convention in 1971 to ( 1) revise, alter or amend the constitution of the Commonwealth on the following subjects, insofar as they relate to the structure of government, and no others: the Executive Branch; the General Court; the Executive Council; the government of cities, towns and counties and their relationship to each other and to the government of the Commonwealth; ( 2) simplify and rearrange the constitution, and (3) provide methods of amendment thereof. The Question will state that the convention shall not consider or propose any measure which relates to the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, the pro- visions of the Massachusetts constitution concerning the "Judiciary Power" (other than provisions respecting the Executive Council) , or any of the excluded matters enumerated in Article XLVIII, II, Section 2 of the Massachusetts constitution. The question will fix the number of delegates to the convention at 150, of whom 20 members shall be members of the General Court; the remaining 130 members shall be elected by the voters in the manner summarized below. The question will also state that the convention shall conclude its business not later than 120 days from its first session. The proposed law provides that if a majority of the votes on the foregoing question is in the affirmative, the convention shall be held in July, 1971 to revise, alter or amend the constitution on the matters enumerated above only. The House of Representatives and the Senate shall each elect as delegates 10 of its members, not more than 6 from each branch coming from the same political party. Of the remaining 130 delegates, 10 shall be elected at large and 120 shall be elected from the 40 senatorial districts, 3 from each. Provision is made for the manner of nominating and electing these 130 delegates, without party or political designation, for filling vacancies occurring in the position of any delegate, from whatever source chosen, and for the conduct of the convention's business.